paxonel:

thank God you quoted Matthew 25:21.
But you refused to see matthew 25:14 which says For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
Who is the man that travelled to a far country?
Jesus
who are his servants?
christians
what is the goods that he delivered to his servants?
Christianity
therefore, Jesus has died and resurrected and delivered unto us, the key to heaven, that whatever we bound on earth is bound heaven.
Heaven is Christianity on earth.
The kingdom of God (heaven ),according to Jesus parables, is our faith Christianity.
without Christianity our faith it is impossible to please God.
so, we are in heaven already

the point is, this earth is not our final destination, we will surely go to heaven

Proximo73:

please tell him o,
i do not know if nigerians do not see certain things in the bible?
if they do, they will simply stop going to church,stop running after pastors and face their personal lives.
Nigerians are too religious

we have a duty of educating ourselves and encouraging ourselves in the faith

paxonel:

this Scripture falls at the the time when Christ was yet to be crucified

Proximo73:

this Scripture falls at the the time when Christ was yet to be crucified

But it is still in the new testament?

flexybobo:

But it is still in the new testament?

Yes, it is the new testament, But Jesus has not yet been crucified at the time the Scripture was made as a statement. That means, there was no Christianity on earth at that time.
that's why the op says from the book of act of the apostle to the book of revelation.
meaning, Christianity started here on earth at the day of pentecost recorded in the book of act

paxonel:

Yes, it is the new testament, But Jesus has not yet been crucified at the time the Scripture was made as a statement. That means, there was no Christianity on earth at that time.
that's why the op says from the book of act of the apostle to the book of revelation.
meaning, Christianity started here on earth at the day of pentecost recorded in the book of act

you are right!
But it is really not everybody who go to church that are christians.
if an armed robber dresses to church on Sunday do you still consider him a Christian?

Proximo73:

please tell him o,
i do not know if nigerians do not see certain things in the bible?
if they do, they will simply stop going to church,stop running after pastors and face their personal lives.
Nigerians are too religious

when people read bible, they intend to see what they want to see or what their pastors tells them in church rather than seeing what the writter of that Scripture intended to portray.

flexybobo:

you are right!
But it is really not everybody who go to church that are christians.
if an armed robber dresses to church on Sunday do you still consider him a Christian?

so long he was born into a christian home, it does not matter whether he is armed robber or not, he is righteous,he is saved.
The bible says with the heart man believeth unto righteousness

Hildalicious:

when people read bible, they intend to see what they want to see or what their pastors tells them in church rather than seeing what the writter of that Scripture intended to portray.

exactly!
it's really a big problem, i think it's lark of quality education

paxonel:

so long he was born into a christian home, it does not matter whether he is armed robber or not, he is righteous,he is saved.
The bible says with the heart man believeth unto righteousness

that's true,
it confirms one Jesus parable about labourers, the same reward was given to them, even though some did more work than the others.
Those who did more work complained that they should earn more, but the master says he has fulfilled the agreement by paying them the amount worthy for doing the work.
that what he payed others had nothing to do with the agreement